Edna alert

August 11, 2005|By Chris Jones.

Dame Edna Everage, self-proclaimed housewife megastar, guru, egotist, promoter of rhinestone eyewear and worldwide distributor of Australian gladioli, is returning to Chicago, the city of her Down Under dreams.

The possums at the Chicago-based Jam Theatricals have announced that Barry Humphries' well-coifed, well-fed alter ego will bring her Broadway show, "Dame Edna: Back With a Vengeance," to the LaSalle Bank Theater (formerly the Shubert Theatre) from March 14-26, 2006. Because the Dame prefers to play to sycophantic groups of adoring fans, single tickets are not yet on sale.

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